Mammoth 5 Ton Shark Caught in China
A five-ton shark is caught by fishermen on the outskirts of Lianyungang, in east China’s Jiangsu province, on May 23, 2007.
The shark has been bought by a businessman at a price of 100,000 RMB ($13,066), local media reported.
By Sun Tzu on 31-05-2007
Comment by petey
June 7th, 2007 at 9:56 am
that this is fu cking ugly
Comment by chickaboom
June 12th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
why didnt you just leave the shark alone..
its sad how they catch it then kill it ..
wtf is that.
Comment by Heather
July 21st, 2007 at 9:36 pm
I know… Human beings should just leave nature alone…
Comment by huntergatherer
September 6th, 2007 at 9:40 am
I hope a shark like this eats a boat full of you whale humping, peta idiots!!!
Comment by Mark
September 7th, 2007 at 1:01 am
You tell em huntergatherer.
Comment by Gavin
September 7th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Normally, my philosophy is hunting/fishing’s fine if the species is healthy in numbers. However, it seems a shame to kill something so massive just for shits and giggles. I doubt it will taste very good, and I used to sell shark meat. I say be realistic, but have an appreciation for animals like this.
Comment by hunterhunter
September 7th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
I hope everyone who eats it gets sick as hell. And I hope a whale humps huntergatherer. I’d pay money to watch that.
Comment by Jake
September 10th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
The Chinese are EATING EVERYTHING. Do the world a favor and take some Viagra instead of eating all the endangered animals around the world. It’s a shame we’ll have no sharks left in just a few years.
Comment by Snorbles
September 13th, 2007 at 6:06 am
This is a “mega-mouth” or maybe a “basking” shark. Harmless to humans unless they get smacked around by it. Look around her mouth – no sign of teeth. These sharks eat krill and other small (read “tiny”) fish. If this shark was caught in a drift net, she might have been dead or close to dying already. If that is the case, let then let them eat it.
As far as the Chinese taking Viagra, humping is how they got into this mess in the first place!
Your right though, since Viagra has come onto the market, tiger and other virility products have actually dropped in per capita demand. The tiger penis thing does not work as well as Viagra and many of the Chinese know it. Those who can afford the Viagra, take the Viagra. Those who don’t know better/from older households still chase the tiger by his dick…
I would rather pay to see huntergatherer humped by a killer whale or dolphin. Orcas and dolphins are like humans. They will aggressively hump anything and they are VERY WELL ENDOWED. I am sure some of you have seen the pix. (heck, some of you probably wank to them…)
Comment by Loptop
September 17th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
D= Orca’s and dolphins?
God save us all, I hope they don’t grow legs and learn to walk on land. o.0
Comment by Sweta-Zinok
December 26th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Hi. Sorry for my english. Happy New Year!!!!!
Good Luck!
Comment by white man from Minnesota
December 30th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
How many of these kinds of sharks are even around? Can someone tell me if this thing was just a big deformed animal… do we know if it was just better of dead? NO so stop being little bitches and take humans for what they are… fools, we kill are own kind after all and for what money a GOD and land. You know that if we feel threatened we will defend ourselves AKA KILL. You have to fix the problem before you can make a solution!
Comment by pete
January 3rd, 2008 at 11:28 am
its a basking shark look at is gills that gives it away but realy it does sort of look like a megamouth but i am pretty sure its a basking shark peace out p.s dont f***ing kill sharks or any other animal you crule son of a bitches
Comment by James
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:48 am
The Chinese are not eating everything (except for cats, dogs but there are too many of those anyway). They don’t even eat sharks or whale, that would be the Japanese. Save for the Panda and some ape, there are few endangered species in China. By the way, with over 1.3 billion Chinese, is it really a good idea to suggest them to take viagra?
Comment by bob
March 6th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Wtf, i kinda think that thing should be killed, just incase, we dont wnt it to over throw us, imagine more sharks like that infesting our beaches. that would be horrifying. Possibly at least keep it in a zoo or something. I dunno
Comment by yudha
June 6th, 2008 at 8:45 am
gokil tuh hiu..
Comment by mike
June 6th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
i agree with bob. You never know how a shark his huge might end up in a beach near you. Beside with this found, we can look into more about unknown species.
Comment by Luigi
July 26th, 2008 at 6:25 am
WTF? that is so AWESOME…shark fin soup 4 months on end! Those fishermen are the type of guys i would love to hang out with! oh, and for all the people who are crying over ” The Poor Shark”, grow the HELL up! it’s childish WESTERN thinking like that which be the cause of the Death of the so called Western Culture! The Chinese have been going on as a people longer than any thing we have, respect your elders!
Comment by POPZ
August 11th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Here’s some more childish western thinking. The real phrase is “The death of the Western Civilization”. Get it right or shut your stinking pie hole. In addition to that childish western statement, When man preserves life and studies life’s habits, he learns from it. Our future as the human race depends on preserving these unusual creatures or species, studying their habits, and survival skills, thus enabling mankind or the Human race to mimmick those skills or to utilize those skills in conjuction with our own. Be empathetic to everyone and everything so you do not end up like that poor shark. or the Manta ray in a previos story.
Comment by jamie
August 12th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
yup, thats a big shark.
Comment by Dug
August 12th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Environmentalists and Rednecks,
I submit that to solve the whole “what to eat” vs. “how to keep from eating everything” problem you’re poorly arguing about we should simply eat the chinese.
More research needs to be done of course, as we have yet to find a way not to be hungry an hour later.
Comment by Nathan Van Fleet
August 12th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
This is a whale shark, not dangerous as it has no teeth, it filters krill. It is not threat and probably not great to eat either.
Comment by JamesY
August 12th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Good call Dug- fair solution.
I love the nature-haters when they say
“theres too many of this! or that species..”
This from a member of a species (‘human’ to you haters)
that is increasing ITS population EXPONENTIALLY!
As in:
1 new Human mouth to feed every 2.1 seconds!
Time to ”thin the herd?
Comment by Vel
August 12th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I think the Asian folk just don’t care about extinction cause deep down inside they secretly all want to be vegans. Once all the animals are gone for them to kill they will have no choice.
Comment by fishiestastegooood
August 12th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
When did this “save the animal!” culture become to prevalent in American society. Wake up and realize that most of the world completely disagrees with that ideology and its really none of our business to critique what another group of people do. You could be doing something productive instead of surfing the internet and reading useless stories, to me that is more dangerous to our species than fishing… crap i’m a hypocrite
Comment by gareth thomas
August 12th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
The Chinese will eat anything and dont give a crap about preserving anything. Problem with that is that all the species they drive to extinction and the seas that they will help empty will be gone, permanently. So enjoy it guys, because it aint going to last.
Comment by Schwann
August 12th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Er…the same exact thing holds true for Americans, Japanese, Canadians, Spanish, and half the other countries around the world. At least a great deal of seafood the Chinese consume are domesticated. Overfishing is a major environmental problem, China not even being the lead cause of it.
Comment by blue lanugo
August 12th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
This thing is as fake as a 2 dollar bill.
Comment by Tron
August 12th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I know, who the hell hunts food? Imagine how happy everyone would be if we were all lean and slim like those little kids in africa. lucky devils.
Comment by Tron
August 12th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
popz didnt get his flintstones this morning.
Comment by bazzoola
August 12th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
dude this shark has cancer.
Comment by Tron
August 12th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
technically correct, seeing as 2 dollar bills exist.
Comment by Dave
August 12th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
The net looks like a wig… That is a net right? Or was the shark self conscious about being bald?
Comment by M
August 12th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Dear Internet,
It’s probable that this is not a naturally-produced animal but a mutated monster.
Do you all know how much pollution China produces? I can only imagine how much of it ends up in bodies of water. We’ve seen larger than normal animals being caught, but 5 TONS?!?
Viagra or not, if anyone ate from that thing, they would probably be the last person to pass on their genes, if you know what i mean.
Comment by Mag
August 12th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Right, because it is all about food, huh? There used to be a balance, but that is no longer the case. Do you happen to hunt for your own daily food? Most people no longer do that, so don’t bring that up either.
Comment by Slim
August 12th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Depends on where you live. In the US there is absolutely a balance. Hunting is heavily regulated and legally only surplus animals are hunted. Regulated hunting is extremely effective at sustaining and even increasing wildlife populations. It’s those who kill without restraint that end up hurting the populations of animals. Whether or not Tron or anybody else hunts for his own daily food is completely irrelevant. There ARE those who hunt for enjoyment, food, or even money. Regardless of the reason there should be nothing wrong with hunting and killing an animal as long as it does not negatively impact a wildlife population.
Comment by me
August 12th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
LOL “legally only ’surplus’ animals are” allowed to be slaughtered. FFS…
Comment by theRIAA
August 12th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
it looks like it got caught in their fishing net.
Comment by Lenry
August 12th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
There are few endangered species because they are all extinct.
Comment by asdf
August 12th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
a modest proposal indeed
Comment by draebor
August 12th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
LEAVE GIANT SHARK ALONE!! I’M SERIOUS!!
Comment by Lambeau
August 12th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Your logic is flawed, kiddo.
Comment by catzDrCatz
August 13th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Probably faked like everything else in China lately.
Comment by sharksaremyfweeends
August 13th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Its a basking shark. They only eat krill, and that is not that abnormal a size for them. They are throughout the ocean and are the second biggest shark after the whale shark.
Lets hope they dont get too much of a taste for it – most shark species are seriously in decline, and we dont want another one to go. And dont give that shit about “less of them to eat us” – only 3 or 4 are dangerous of the 300 or so species. Its like wiping out all domestic cats because there are tigers in India.
Actually, thinking about that, Im not against eating fish, but I am a fan of stopping commercial fishing unless it is farmed. Really, bottom fishing is like hovering over the rainforest with a big 500m wide chainsaw. You scoop out all the animals, then keep a few monkeys and chuck back the rest, mostly dead, leaving a flattened wasteland after it.
We as a species have moved on from hunter gathering on land. Isnt it about time we created refuges for sea creatures too and started implementing sustainable, measurable fishing practices in an agricultural way in limited areas at sea?
Right, Ill get off my soapbox now.
Comment by Mattish
August 13th, 2008 at 4:22 am
Blimey – some of you buggers have posted some weirdo comments. I like the one about the net looking like a wig maself….
Comment by Jeromy
August 13th, 2008 at 7:09 am
thank you for saving me the trouble…
Comment by T(south africa)
August 27th, 2008 at 2:53 am
i think thats terrible what they are doing, and they should be punished by some kind of animal protection agency… i mean where hell is the people thats supposed to help protect the wild life!!!??
Comment by zzepoo
September 5th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
oh god! thats a huge one!!!
Comment by Indra
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Eh some people seem to forget that the western civilisations also killed a lot of animal and human sorts on their way to enrichment and only developed the attitude from now trough those stages. A lot of asian countries first have to go trough the same stages before they can afford to addopt a attitude like that.
Comment by nokia
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:15 am
Actually, thinking about that, Im not against eating fish, but I am a fan of stopping commercial fishing unless it is farmed. Really, bottom fishing is like hovering over the rainforest with a big 500m wide chainsaw. You scoop out all the animals, then keep a few monkeys and chuck back the rest, mostly dead, leaving a flattened wasteland after it.
Comment by REALPLAYA
June 29th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
ya should shut the f*** up why dont u go eat ur vagina instead of soup and no biatch jewish people are older than u u little long eyes deformed f*u*ckers
Comment by REALPLAYA
June 29th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
AND I AGREE WITH POPZ
Comment by REALPLAYA
June 29th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
bull
Comment by REALPLAYA
June 29th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
I SHALL KILL THOS BASTARDS
Comment by not bob
August 4th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
fuck you it is harmless stupid!!
Comment by two-faced joel
September 28th, 2009 at 11:38 am
OH…MY…GOD!!!!!!!
Comment by Ally
October 17th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Shut up POPZ!!!! You guys are idiots!!!! Oh please, there are NOT going to be any exceptions. Sharks will be gone in the next year or two, so DO SOMETHING!!!!!!! At least you can try!!! TRY to ave the world!!!!!!!!
Comment by Ally
October 17th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Hey POPZ!!!! you are a childish freak!!!! Try to at least save the world!!!
Comment by Island diver 297
November 4th, 2009 at 3:40 am
It's a basking shark and they don't even eat fish. Ever think of picking up a book or watching the discovery channel instead of picking up the tv guide to watch a tractor pull ??? Jackass !!
Comment by termite
February 18th, 2010 at 7:01 am
i got a shark bigger than that.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by termite
February 18th, 2010 at 7:08 am
No its a sport!!!!!